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>>> on the broadcast tonight, closing in on gadhafi. there's talk of u.s. military options against him. and now for hordes of people, now's the time to get out of there. >>> a collision course in wisconsin with time running out. tonight, is there a deal to end the standoff? >>> america at the crossroads. all week long our reports here on america's changing economy. tonight, are we keeping up in the search for the next big thing? >>> and the winner is -- the good, the bad and the ugly at this year's oscars. and the amazing story behind the man behind the best picture. and the amazing story behind the man behind the best picture. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. the situation in libya is now a lot more serious where the u.s. is concerned. u.s. navy ships are being readied for a number of possible options here including possibly enforcing a no-fly zone. moammar gadhafi spoke again today on two television networks an interview the u.s. immediately called delusional. all this time the forces against him are closing in. we begin t

.msnbc.com. >> thanks for having me on last hour. >>> thanks to you for staying with us for the next hour. this is the u.s. navy ship buil 1969. the uss mount whitney is a big command and control ship which essentially means it can oversee relyomexpetis at the mita iinlv i it was deployed to haiti, for example, in 1994 as the united states played a roll in ousting the military hunta that had taken over that country. eoiallia, hen john mccain said a alongside the georgians? it was the uss whitney deployed that georgia n part it went to. that's considered to be the most advanced command and control ship that the united states has ever floated. it is where the u.s. has bn running the libyan war out of. between the admiral and a u.s. army general, this is where they've been running the war in libya from. as of last night, the uss mount whitney we think is not going to be the headquarters for the libyan war. that war effort will now be run by nato. the no-fly zone part of it and the bombing gadhafi's ground troops part of it which they call something like protecting civilians. this ship named after the highest

for the next hour. this is the u.s. navy ship built in newport news, virginia, in 1969. the uss mount whitney is a big command and control ship which essentially means it can oversee really complex operations that the military is involved in. it was deployed to haiti, for example, in 1994 as the united states played a roll in ousting the military hunta that had taken over that country. remember when john mccain said today we are all georgians, when russia and the nation of georgia were having a war, and john mccain wanted us to start fighting russia alongside the georgians? it was the uss whitney deployed to bring humanitarian aid. it was the first ship to reach that georgia n part it went to. that's considered to be the most advanced command and control ship that the united states has ever floated. it is where the u.s. has been running the libyan war out of. between the admiral and a u.s. army general, this is where they've been running the war in libya from. as of last night, the uss mount whitney we think is not going to be the headquarters for the libyan war. that war effort will now be r

republican candidate mike huckabee is confused about where the current president grew up. but first, the u.s. is closer to the crisis in libya. tonight two u.s. warships are heading for the waters off libya although for now he says it's not to fight. >> we'll be enter the mediterranean shortly. it will provide us a capability for both emergency evacuations. >> moammar gadhafi is trying as hard as he can to hold onto power. pro-gadhafi troops tried and failed to retake a town neurotripoli currently under rebel control. and one of gadhafi's sons tells cnn the government is trying to talk with the rebels, but the rebel leadership is in chaos. let's start with cnn's international correspondent, ben wedeman, who is in rebel-held city benghazi. the former libyan interior minister says the noose is tightening around gadhafi's neck. tell us where have you gone and what have you seen? >> we headed sort of in the direction of tripoli. what we've seen is that the noose isn't necessarily tightening around gadhafi's neck. it's clear the opposition is in firm control of this part of the country, but if yo

. president obama said the u.s. and the world must be ready to act rapidly if the crisis in libya deteriorates. and he didn't rule out the use of a no-fly zone over the country. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight: we get the latest on the fierce fighting in the oil city of brega and the exodus of refugees fleeing the violence. >> woodruff: plus, we talk to libya's ambassador to the united states, ali suleiman aujali who denounced moammar qaddafi last week. >> brown: then, as states battle public sector unions, we have a newsmaker interview with afl-cio chief, richard trumka. >> woodruff: spencer michels reports on the outcry over hikes in insurance premiums in california. >> the new higher health insurance rates for individuals have sparked protests and calls for the government to step in. >> brown: and hari sreenivasan examines mexico's deadly drug wars, as president felipe calderon visits the white house. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> you can't manufacture pride, but pride builds grea

radiation in the vicinity posed no immediate danger. but she added japan was considering asking the u.s. military for assistance. the nuclear emergency has forced the evacuation of more than 400,000 people. those in the affected area lineup for hours for drinking water, food, and other essential goods. most of remained, in the face of enormous hardship and confusing news -- confusing news. now some are growing anxious. >> i am extremely uneasy. information is so complex, and i cannot make any decisions by myself. i am really confused. >> emergency officials are checking people at shelters who fled the affected area for higher levels of radiation. but levels so far are of little concern, as is limited radioactivity directed in drinking water in the fukushima area. >> the japanese emperor has expressed his deep concern about the nuclear crisis. in a rare address to the nation, he called on the japanese people to reach out and help each other in this time of national suffering. in the disaster areas in the country's northeast, hundreds of thousands of people are still facing shortages of f

are willing to die for him, says the u.s. will face a bloody war if they intervene. bill: jonathan hunt, live at the libyan-tunisian border, hello there. >> reporter: good morning to you. colonel gadhafi appears to be as defiant as ever this morning. in a speech to his people, marking the 34th anniversary of the peoples' congress and in front of what appears to be a hand-picked audience, he said that he and his supporters will, quote, fight to the last man and to the last woman. he railed against intervention, warning the united states and others not to troy to intervene in the situation in libya. he says he and his people -- [inaudible] >> [broken speech] >> he is building -- he is fire up supporters by implying this is all an international plot to oust him. meanwhile he says al-qaeda is prompting some of the violence against him. >> [inaudible] >> -- united states and al-qaeda combined, but this is the reality world in which colonel gadhafi appears to live right now. there is also violence in several cities right now. the pro ga-- >> [broken speech] >> here on the border we still have a gro

into their cause. that is half of their active force. the united states involved in a big way, as well. the u.s.a. ronald -- u.s.s. ronald reagan and 20 rescue missions were run and choppers from there. six were in operation, rescue operations. you name it. at the end, it all comes to down to the japanese people. again in small coastal town we watched you might see a boat behind me. there were boats, there were trucks, there were cars lining the streets upside-down swept by the tsunami which had hit here on friday. most of those were taken away by the end of the day, very determined people, indeed. >> gregg: earthquake in japan hitting very close to home. many japanese-americans trying to get in touch with their loved ones. one community on the west coast springing into action to help victims. casey stegall is live in little tokyo section of los angeles. >> reporter: a lot of people don't know this but 300,000 japanese-americans call the state of california home. that is the largest population in all of the united states. little tokyo, a neighborhood back here behind me in downtown los angeles,

a crew member of the u.s. fighter that crashed in libya. defense secretary gates testified at a congressional hearing. gates said he does not think the u.s. should arm those rebels. >> in terms of providing that training, in terms of providing assistance to them, frankly there are many countries that can do that. that's not a unique capability for the united states. and as far as i'm concerned, somebody else should do that. >> libya's foreign minister has defected to britain. musa kusa one of gadhafi's closest aides. he is suspects of masterminding the bombing of pan am flight 103 that killed 270 people. nbc news pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski joins me now. nato officially took control of the entire military mission in libya but the headline is about the cia operatives on the ground and what they are doing there. what can you tell juice u.s. military and intelligence officials say if they didn't, if the obama administration did not have cia operatives on the ground, this operation was not well thought out and would be in trouble. this is pretty much preforma in thi

's forces are surrounding the rebels. how involved should the u.s. get? >> gregg: new details now on a major nuclear scare in japan. japanese officials say radioactivity levels very close to the nuclear plant have gone down in the last several hours. this plant facing a potentially disastrous meltdown after an explosion this morning. take a look at these incredible pictures, clouds of smoke rising from up the reactor area. safety officials are scrambling to contain the damage and evacuating 140,000 people in a 12-mile perimeter. adam housley is streaming live with the latest north of tokyo? >> we're about 20 miles from where we were earlier this morning, 70 miles north and to the eat of tokyo, halfway to where the reactors are. the location we are at southern end of where the tsunami came through here. pictures waf been seen the last few days, you can see some of the destruction. car next to me was carried down the street. there is a car over on the distance that was up on the top of fence. in this was a power structure and some sort of a banner that was hanging across the intersection. in t

community is tightening the noose around gadhafi. the u.s. says all options are on the table. meanwhile gadhafi is striking back in force. they attacked rebel troops in the two major cities closest to the capital using tanks and anti-aircraft guns. overnight government troops tried to retake zawiya, but rebel troops held their ground. >> reporter: as the blood shed in libya moves into another day, the tone in washington has turned decidedly sharper. the white house is now clearly ratcheting up the pressure on gadhafi to step down. troops loyal to moammar gadhafi are fighting to take back territory now in rebel hands. amateur video captured this firefight between pro and anti-government forces in libya's third largest city. the uprising that began last month poses the biggest threat yet to gadhafi, his bloody crackdown has reportedly left hundreds, possibly thousands, dead. still, in an interview with christianne amanpour of abc news gadhafi laughed off calls for him to step down and denied using force against his own people. >> they love me all my people with me. they love me all. >> bu

regime launches air strikes in eastern libya as it battles to regain control. two u.s. soldiers are killed in a shooting at frankfurt airport. german interior minister thomas de maiziere takes the defense portfolio in a cabinet reshuffle. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> we begin in libya, where gaddafi has threatened to start a war if the u.s. or nato intervenes in the unrest. speaking at a political rally, gaddafi says thousands of libyans could be killed if foreign powers and to the country. member is in the suez canal are heading toward libya as the u.s. and u.n. high pressure on the regime. forces loyal to gaddafi launched air strikes on a rebel- controlled town in the east of the country. >> dozens of seriously injured rebel soldiers have been admitted to this hospital. pro-gaddafi forces have launched air strikes on the city. the libyan leader attempts to recapture lost territory in the east of the country. inhabitants are fleeing the battles. there were intense clashes further west, in the oil port held by the rebels. gaddafi is striki

the president is being hypocritical because several union workers have negotiating program. we'll analyze. u.s. warships are going to the libyan coast and liberal wants troops to go into that country, wow! >> you borrow my brain for five seconds, can't handle it. >> bill: is it wrong for the media to exploit charlie sheen. does he have a strong legal case against cbs. >> wow, did what does that mean. by winning? >> bill: caution you are about to enter the no-spin zone. factor begins right now. >> bill: thanks for watching us tonight. the drama in wisconsin is still no winner, that is the subject of the talking points memo. americans are caught up in important conflict, cost cutting versus union benefits. 37% of americans favor cutting pay for public union employees but 56% oppose that. the "new york times" headlines reads majority in poll back employees in public sector. but the poll is misleading because 20% of the responds say they are from union households. if you subtract them, those that favor cutting benefits win the poll. wow, "new york times" -- however according to new poll, 42% want

to a defiant moammar gadhafi as u.s. warships head toward the region. we'll go live for the latest on the deadly violence and speak about what's next. >>> ultimatum. a new cbs news poll find the majority of americans back union workers in the ongoing budget battles as governor walker threatens layoffs if democrats don't come back to work today. we're live in wisconsin. >>> and flood fears. after heavy rains and torptds pound parts of the midwest, floodwaters rise to dangerous levels and the worst is yet to come. early this tuesday morning march come. early this tuesday morning march 1st, 2011. captioning funded by cbs >>> welcome to the "early show" here on a tuesday morning, march 1st. >> nice to have you back. hard to believe it's already march. the year is flying by. go want to get you started with the revolution in libya and the very latest there. the u.s. is trying on increase pressure on moammar gadhafi sending warships and aircraft to the region. meantime billions in libya's foreign assets have now been frozen and overnight rebels held off a prolonged attack by pro gadhafi f

. and the entire pacific, including the west coast of the u.s., was put on alert. good evening. i'm jim lehrer. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, we have video of the disaster, and talk to three people in tokyo for firsthand accounts of what they experienced and how the nation responded. >> lehrer: and we get an early assessment of how well japan was prepared for the dual hit of the earthquake and the tsunami. >> woodruff: then, we excerpt president obama's remarks about the federal budget stalemate and the uprising in libya at a white house news conference. >> we are tightening the noose on qaddafi, seymour and more isolated internationally both through sanctions as well as an arms embargo. >> lehrer: and mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> okay, listen. somebody has got to get serious. >> i think... >> we need renewable energy. >> ...renewable energy is vital to our planet. >> you hear about alternatives, right? wind, solar, algae. >> i think it's

nations estimates more than 1,000 people have died. libya's oil chief says production is cut in half. u.s. consumers are feeling the pinch. food prices in january rose the fastest they have since 2008. oil topped 100 dollars a barrel yesterday. gas is up 20 cents a gallon just this week alone. >> it's killing us. we don't go anywhere but work and home. >> we could see gasoline between 4 and $5 a gallon by memorial day, maybe sooner. >> in washington, federal reserve chairman bernanke says through tough economic recovery it is speeding up higher oil prices could be a huge threat. >>> most of the south continues dealing with the after effects of torrential downpours, one state is dealing with wild fires. >>> we will head down to florida where the fires burn house of acres. >>> and parts of one make city shut down after falling ice from the frigid weather results in multiple injuries. details coming up when "good morning maryland" returns. [ male announcer ] this is charlie whose morning flight to london starts with arthritis pain... and a choice. take tylenol now, and maybe up to 8 in a day

in mlyangi. >> stock tock closed down over there six percent. >> u.s. naval forces are moving away from japan over fears of troops exposed to dangerous radiation particularly on the uss regan. >> rescue relief remains top priority but thousands of people are evacuated near the fukushima nuclear plant. if you look at it. second hydrogen explosion to rock the plant and the massive cloud of smoke is carrying radioactive conitalination and that is a concern for the u.s. naval ship providing humanitarian assistance. that affects uss ronald reagan a hundred miles from the plant. they detected low levels of radiation and prompted the ship to move further out to sea. in fact, the commander of the fleet. vice admiral, reveals that the ships are being temporarily repositioned and aircraft away from the fukushima dutch nuclear plant. it goes on to report that sensative units were conducted. 17 crew members were exposed to low level activity in the mission and the radio activity was removed from the affected crew by washing with soap and water and no further contamination was detected so far. >> so what

democrats in a bit. also, the head of the u.s. intelligence says gadhafi not likely to back downytime soon. we're going to go live to nic robertson on the ground in libya shortly. >>> we're all over the controversial hearing in washington on how some muslims in america are being radicalized. congressman peter king called for the hearing and will be joining me in a couple minutes. i want to begin with a story that you are outraged by just as much as i am. i'm talking about that little girl in tiny cleveland, texas, told they are principal she was gang raped. now her town has been rocked by these allegations that 18 men and schoolboys possibly more here, assaulted this 11-year-old child. a child. think about that for a moment. the suspects 18 of them range in age from middle schoolers all the way up to a 27-year-old. some of them allegedly recorded this gang rape on their cell phones. and they spread it around school. court documents paint a brutal picture as to what happened as one young man after another forced that sixth grade girl into hours of sex. but the defense says the girl is not c

or airplanes. he stressed the u.s. is diplomatically supporting the no-fly zone, not the enforcement itself. no american troops on the ground, no american planes, no enforcement itself, that's what we know. what we don't know is a lot bigger. joining us now, eugene robinson, pulitzer prize winning columnist for "the washington post." thanks for being here. >> good evening, chris. >> what do you make of president obama's remarks on libya today? are we now at war? was that the communication? even coming away from it, i had a hard time answering that question for myself. >> when i heard the president's speech, i thought gee, we might be, and here is why. he said very clearly that as far as he's concerned and the united states is concerned, gadhafi has lost the legitimacy to lead. he forfeited the right to be president of libya, and he set these demands, gadhafi has to stop, he has to withdraw, these are not negotiable and there will be consequences. so that to me says we are going to use force to make gadhafi do what we want him to do. >> and of course, if he doesn't do what we want him to do,

, the search for answers in one of the deadliest bus crashes in u.s. history. >> clayton: >> rick: and new challenges for a devastated japan. reports of mass evacuations from the area surrounding a nuclear power plant. as an explosion destroys a building that houses a reactor. and we get reports that some time of emergency at a second reactor in the same complex as japan is rocked moments ago by another aftershock, this one, measuring 6.3, 80 miles from the nuclear plant. greg palkot is streaming live from japan. greg? >> reporter: we are about 75 miles north of tokyo. and here on this sunday morning, people here are beginning to come to grips with the crisis, with the catastrophe that hit this part of the country. around me we can see cars, boats, trucks, that have been thrown around by the tsunami wave that reached inland from this port city, also, we have been seeing as we have been traveling around the country, the effect of the earthquake itself. cracks in roads, and buildings damaged, as well. and, the death toll, rick, continues to climb and officially put between 1300 to 1700 and,

after that interview with western journalists at a seaside restaurant in tripoli, u.s. diplomats quickly suggested that gadhafi has become unhinged. >> and when he can laugh and talk into american and international journalists while he is slaughtering his own people, it only underscores how unfit he is to lead and how disconnected he is from reality. >> tripoli has an air of normalcy about it, if you can say that. traffic is on the streets. many stores are open again, but one protesters tells cnn that the lull does not mean that the fight to bring down gadhafi is over. >> people have been afraid and have been living under his tyrannical regime for too long. we have reached the point of no return. too much blood has been shed and too many people have been injured for this regime. >>> venezuelan president hugo chavez is chiming in on libya. he says that the united states is exaggerating and distorting the situation in libya to justify an invasion. >>> well, there will be dire consequences that could include layoffs. now, that is according to wisconsin governor scott walker. walker plans to

. should the u.s. intervene? and national public radio shoots itself in the foot again. >> let me say at the outset we are putting this program together on friday as we are getting the details on the earthquake and tsunami in japan. we do not have a lot to add other than modern science and technology has allowed scientists on the west coast and in hawaii to warn residents that the tsunami was coming. as always, the u.s. navy is ready to respond to events in the pacific with the military relief. the program is called "inside wash.." let me begin in washington. it has been a long while since congressional hearings have brought up so much publicity, much of it negative. this one was about homegrown terrorism with emphasis on home run muslims. ever since he announced the hearings, peter king has been accused of being a latter-day joan mcnerney, but he refused to back down. >> to back them would be an abdication of what i believe should be the main responsibility of this committee, to protect america from a terrorist attack. >> when you assign their violent actions to the entire community,

with european and nato officials. >> brown: so, should the west, should the u.s intervene in libya? we join that debate with two people who've wrestled with similar questions as director of policy planning at the state department. richard haass held that position in the george w. bush administration. he's now president of the council on foreign relations. his latest book is, "war of necessity, war of choice: a memoir of two iraq wars." anne-marie slaughter worked in the obama administration state department until earlier this year. she's now professor of politics and international affairs at princeton university. anne-marie slaughter, i'll start with you. we've heard some of those fighting against qaddafi calling for outside help, specifically a no-fly zone. what's the chief argument for helping them >> the strongest argument for helping them is stwra t.j. i can which is that we've finally seen a major shift in the theirty of the entire middle east from anti-americanism and anti-israel and focused, really, outside to an indigenous demand for democratic government, for accountable government

's commitment to the cease-fire. it was originally a french-sponsored resolution, french and the brits. the u.s. got on board yesterday and it passed and now the president is being criticized and defended by both parties. it's not breaking down along ideological lines and there are a lot of concerns about whether the united states can afford this effort, whether this turns into nation-building, whether the president needed to go to the congress to get permission to do this and he, himself, may have suggested when he was a candidate what the president of the united states would do in a situation like this and whether the u.s. can sit back and not do anything in terms of getting involved in this battle, as we have been for weeks. some of the questions examined during today's show. in the meantime, another fox news alert. major developments in the battle over union rights and the budget in wisconsin. a judge has just temporarily blocked a new state law from taking effect. he's issued a temporary restraining order saying it will not go into effect. that law was hard fought over in wisconsin and eli

like. john rundle is a seismologist with u.s. berkeley. john, thank you. 7.9, that is huge. what you can tell us? as far as, you know, the after effects. mainly, that's the tsunamiy that they are looking at now, right. >> reporter: that's a major earthquake. 7.9. these things occur about once every couple, three years on earth so they can do great damage if they are near a populated area, particularly if they occur in a trench and if they are shallow, like this one is near japan. they can cause major tsunamis and destruction. and in fact, it might be larger than that. i having something theor that ss it's an 8.8. but i don't believe that. that's kind of big. that's as big as the chilean earthquake. >> are you looking at these pictures as we are looking at them? judging by the damage, you said you were hearing 8.8 and you don't believe that can be true. can you look at damage and tell by looking at it how strong it might have been? >> reporter: i could if i had the ability to. i am in santa fe, new mexico, i am going to the santa fe institute tomorrow to discuss issues of risk and so

the u.s. and afghan governments agree that the u.s. military should remain in the country after the planned 2014 end of combat operations to help train and advise afghan forces. >>> hold on, not so fast. a wisconsin state senator is denying a report that democrats are ready to come out of exile and end their nearly three-week union rights standoff with republican governor scott walker. "washington post" reporter ezra klein has been closely following the story. we were reading this headline this morning for "the wall street journal," democrats to end union standoff. but on the flip side, senator larson from that same state saying no, that's not true. what are you hearing and how might they gracefully, shall we say, come to a compromise? >> yeah, i think we can say opinions differ on the standoff right now. i think you're seeing the beginnings of an end game here. the democrats are admitting they can't do this forever. they want something report. they have dramatically weakened walker and there's a recall effort against a number of state senators. walker is down to 40% in the poll

as a place to wash. >>> a new warning today for americans overseas. the state department is urging u.s. citizens not to travel to yemen. for those already there, officials say they should consider leaving now. let's bring in nbc news white house correspondent mike viqueira. good sunday morning to you, mike. >> good morning, alex. >> what's the latest that's prompting this warning? >> there are terrorist warnings, terrorist unrest, civil attacks in yemen. yemen an impoverished country strategically located on the arabian peninsula. they've had a man in power there for 32 years, president ali abdullah saleh. this unrest has been happening for the past couple months, corresponding to the unrest in egypt. you'll recall that president saleh said, okay, he tried to launch a preemptive political strike, said i will not seek a eternal at the end of his current term in 2013, won't install my son at that time. for a while it appeared that might hold. now it appears the situation is deteriorating rapidly. adding to the complicated factor in yemen is the presence of al qaeda on the arabian peninsu

. and 107 of the strikes today were by the u.s. look at nato stepping up. the rebels are now closing in on what had been a strategic and symbolic stronghold of libyan troops. the city of sirte. it's one of the biggest obstacles on the road to the libyan capital. rebels pushed about 150 miles westward over the weekend. that's significant progress, amid reports that allied forces continue to hammer gadhafi. fighter jets struck a military command about six miling outside the capital. and u.s. forces are now using precision strike aircraft. the aircraft are used in tight targeting situations such as cities, to hit the enemy while avoiding civilian casualties. that's beginning to sound a little diceyer. in just over two days, rebels have taken the key oil towns of brega and benjawad. they have assured the world's oil markets that they will start selling oils themselves. first off, the president got the multilateralism he said was an important part of his foreign policy. the united nations and arab league are still onboard. check. we avoided what appears to be imminent massacres in rebel h

, the prevailing winds kind of push it out to sea. well, it just turns out that eight u.s. warships that were part of the relief operation were in that path. some of the choppers have been flying through and apparently were exposed to some radioactivity. we're told 17 sailors, i believe, flight crew members were exposed. they were simply washed down, which is actually one of the things you do when you've been exposed to radioactive, they wash down. and again, the commander of the ship says that it was a very low level, they're not particularly concerned, but they have moved those eight vessels to an area that's not -- no longer downwind of any radioactive plume. >> lester, let me ask you a question. i don't know if you know this, having gotten there, but where are the people? like the people that escaped from the tsunami, didn't get washed out, but don't have homes anymore? i know it's cold out there, i know they haven't had food and water for a long time. where's the government putting them? >> reporter: they're being put in shelters and schools in some cases. we noted when we were driving in her

and the latest there. the u.s. is trying to increase pressure on moammar gadhafi sending warships and aircraft to the region. in the meantime, billions of libyan assets have been frozen and overnight rebels held off a long attack by pro-gadhafi forces outside tripoli. mandy clark has more for us this morning. mandy, hello. >> reporter: hello. international pressure is building as the world looks at the situation here. libyan assets have been frozen. new sanctions are being considered. and there are even discussions of imposing a no-fly zone over libyan air space. gadhafi laughed at suggestions that his people want him out. >> they love me. all of my people with me, they love me all. they will die to protect me and my people. >> reporter: yesterday, we saw firsthand in a city they raging up tensions which is in the hands of the rebels and gadhafi's stronghold to the west. we arrived shortly after government planes are bombed nearby weapons depot and found the local militia scrambling to load anti-aircraft guns. down the road, we found other men guarding a major oil terminal. the facility itself

with this fox news alert, st. louis police are confirming now that a suspect who is believed to have shot u.s. marshals is dead. meantime, the two deputy u.s. marshals and one task force officer who were shot and wounded are recovering at a hospital nearby, we're told at least one of the marshals is in critical condition, the other in fair condition. you've been watching this throughout the morning on "america's newsroom". the marshals and the other task force officer went to a house in the st. louis area, to try to apprehend this suspect. a gun fight broke out. the two marshals and the other officer were hit. but the suspect, again, is reported to be deceased. we will keep you updated on "happening now". jenna: another fox news alert, new numbers out on the decifit. last month we what's the biggest monthly decifit in our history, a record $223 billion in february, that's according to the nonpartisan cbo. it's the 29th consecutive month that the government is operating in the red. if you add up all the debt, by the way, when you add all of that, we had to spend $21 billion of our money just t

was arrested and carried feet first into the senate chambers by police. in that case where the u.s. constitution prevailed, there were no state borders for him to hide behind. >> brett: florida supreme court upheld republican governor's scott's decision to reject federal funding for a high speed rail project. the plan would have left taxpayers liable for billions in cost overruns. transportation department says it's evaluating option forgiving the $2.5 billion to other states. >>> president obama is attending a pair of fund-raisers in miami. mike emanuel tells us more. >> reporter: president obama joined former governor jeb bush to put the spotlight on education reform. miami central high school is considered a poster child for fixing schools. >> for outstanding teachers and principals, a common mission, a culture of high expectations, that is what it takes to turn a school around. >> reporter: they give jeb bush for his reform efforts including public and private school choice greater trans and accountability and better pay for better teachers. but in difficult fiscal times, the n

launches. i think it's an unnecessary and unacceptable risk for the u.s. i think the u.s. could support this with intelligence. as well as logistics. but i don't want to see u.s. aircraft involved in a no-fly zone. >> judge napolitano: walid, should the president of the united states ask you for his advice about whether any military assistance would work, having just heard what the general said and respecting him as i know you do, what would you tell the president? >> the best thing is not to involve any of our assets if we can. but time is not on our side. in the sense that what is happening in the opposition area is where i'm concerned. not really what gaddafi is doing. gaddafi could be taken out by either the united states or the europeans no doubt about that. but i'm afraid that the radical element will slowly creep in to the area of the command and soon we will have libya under gaddafi and maybe libya under a radical at the end of the day. it's a hard strategic choice to make. >> judge napolitano: last question, what do you think will happen? as things now stand, is he crazy enough

. the presidential election of 2012 will be about the economy and leadership, signature issues and the "u.s.a. today." just 52% of americans now believe president obama is a strong and decisive leader. that is down 21 points since he took office. 47% of americans say the president is not a strong leader. new rasmussen poll out today says 23% of likely voters rate the response to libya add good or excellent. 30% giving him poor marks. there is no question president t obama's leadership is in question but why? if you analyze independent americans you see a common theme emerging. many ideological people simply do thought know what mr. obama thinks of his country. dolls he believe we have an exceptional nation as he said the other night? or does he think we have an unjust society? certainly obama care and other liberal programs he champions are designed to redistribute wealth to those who have not prospered in our capitalistic system. how does mr. obama really see america? now, i can't answer that question with any certainty. the issue first came up with the reverend wright controversy. mr. obama's long

's forces driving the opposition fighters back from their earlier gains and now the u.s. and its allies still not ruling out the possibility of arming the rebels. where are we now? good morning, everybody, welcome here, i'm bill hemmer live in "america's newsroom". how you doing martha? martha: doing well, bill, good to see you, folks. there's a lot going on. i'm martha maccallum. as you can see, there's heavy fire in the town of ras lanuf, a town the rebels thought they had taken back, now they fight a wave of nato air strikes, forces loyal to qaddafi once again back on the advance and putting the rebels in a very tough situation, pinned down by huge rockets, qaddafi's mob said to be closing in once again. bill: rec leventhal, leading our coverage, he has moved to the east of ras lanuf and what that is happened in this battle, rick? >> reporter: good morning, bill and martha. we just lost power in adjabiya, this town fell to qaddafi troops, regained by the rebels and could be taken over once again by qaddafi's troops. they have been striking rebel positions west of us in the town of ra

james rosen at the state department tonight. the commandant of the u.s. marines, james, says libya's greatest air power threat isn't about war planes at all. >> that's right, shep. general james amos says the greatest threat comes from qaddafi's fleet of helicopters amid fierce fighting, amos faced lawmakers on capitol hill. he found himself taking part in a line of questioning by senator mccain that suggested neutralizing qaddafi's antiaircraft difficulties wouldn't be that difficult. >> my information, i wonder if you have the same thing, they are soviet style, somewhat older versions of surface-to-air missile capability. >> yes, sir. i believe that's correct. >> and isn't it true that the air assets are concentrated in about four air basses right around tripoli? >> i believe that's correct, senator. >> but minutes ago, senator dick lugar garr, the ranking republican on the foreign relations committee said in a statement, quote: the united states should not, in my view, launch military intervention into yet another muslim country without thinking long and hard about the conseque

is secure for gadhafi for now. here in the u.s., president obama appealing directly to gadhafi's inner circle to stop propping him up. >> i want to send a very clear message to those who are around colonel gadhafi. it is their choice to make how they operate moving forward and they will be held accountable for whatever violence continues to take place there. >> yesterday, president obama also authorized another $15 million in humanitarian aid to be sent to libya. meanwhile, britain and france say they're seeking author sooigs from the united nations for a no-fly zone over the country. however, any resolution is subject to the vote by the 15 members and russia and china rarely approve of such measures and of course as we've been telling you the united states still sitting on the fence about a no-fly zone, as well. >>> and yet another step back from the 2008 promise to close guantanamo bay, president obama says the administration will resume military trials for terrorist suspects detained at the prison. yesterday's move which lifts a two-year freeze on new trials comes after a month's lo

on the hunt for 14 years. u.s. marital shalls think they've caught -- u.s. marshals think they've caught the infamous east coast rapist. after all these years police are saying they have the guy responsible >> julie: 12 years, digital media and a tip led police to the capture of the alleged east coast rapist. 39-year-old aaron thompson. electronic billboards and website brought in leads. it was someone who knew the suspect that led authorities to finally nabbing him. detectives picked up one of his discarded cigarette butts and had it tested. it was later discovered the dna was a match. thomas is believed responsible for rapes and other attacks on 17 women since 1997. he's been working as a trucker and taken into custody in connecticut by a multi-tate task force, formed to bring him in. -- multi-state task force, formed to bring him in. >> investigators worked tirelessly on this case this was a joint collaboration on all levels. we are proud of our investigation and hope the arrest of aaronç thomas brings some closure to our victims in our communities. >> billboards featuring sketches

the democratic senator sherrod brown on the floor of the u.s. senate, he said this: >> as a nation, you know, i look back at history, and some of the worst governments we've ever had, do you know one of the first things they did? they went after trade unions, hitler didn't want union, stalin didn't want union, i'm not comparing to the workers in madison or in columbus to hitler and stalin but i am saying that history teaches us that unions are a very positive force in society that creates a middle class and protects our freedom. bill: what about it, what was he saying, what did he mean? john fund, columnist for the "wall street journal," how you doing? good morning. when in doubt, you pull out the stalin-hitler card? what's up with that? >> well, any time someone mentions hitler in argument they've probably already lost it because that's just so over the top. look, i think unions are a positive force to american life but they're also an extremely powerful force. you know, the top 20 donors in politics last year in the election, top 20, ten were unions, only four were corporations. bill: wow! i

. the u.s. and allice will manage the bombing campaign a role that president obama is eager to give up. joining me is former deputy secretary of defense. >> good to be here. >> and week into this, how is it going? >> it seems to me we are in a situation for lack of a strategy we end up in long debates about tactics it is a tactical question and the strategic question is are we prepared to live long term in a stale mate in libya. it has to be more than yust tightening the noose through economic sanctions . the real questions that should be addressed is what kind of support are we going to give to the libya opposition starting with the issue of having a presence in benghazi and agreeing on principles for the long term of the country and providing them assistance. >> i want to get into the opposition. a lot of people say we don't know who they are. they could be islamicist and not democrats after all. if we don't know them that well, why should we back them? >> my first response, one reason we don't know who they are is because we made little effort to get in there can work with them and

. >>> and the u.s. treasury announces unprecedented acts on libya's assets. >>> and a series of rants on radio led to the shut down of his show. charlie sheen's interview in which he tells nbc he has tiger blood in his veins, and he doesn't think anyone with a normal brain can understand it. >>> ahead in this hour, two republicans, two ways of pushing back on those that targeted the first lady's obesity campaign. how to tell which one is really running for president. that's in the "rewrite." >>> and 30 billion in libyan government assets are frozen in the largest sanction of its kind, this as the libyan dictator denies yet again that he is firing on his own people. the latest on the crackdown and rebellion. >>> but first, only a matter of time before gadhafi's strange rant, edited for youtube consumption. an israeli journalist took his speech from tuesday, mix td with pit bull's hey baby, and ended up with more than 1.2 million hits online. i give you auto tunes gadhafi. [ female announcer ] you use the healing power ofouch every day. ♪ now the healing power of touch just got more powerful. intr

. or remember this, the northern islands, u.s. commonwealth, a helpful map, look, it is a dot. the u.s. government did an investigation into working conditions there, and found that sweatshop workers there were not only working in sweatshop conditions, they were forced into prostitution. they were forced to have abortions. so maybe stuff being manufactured under those conditions, forced abortions, maybe the stuff of corporations shouldn't carry the made in the usa label. maybe they haven't earned that. in the mid 1990s, jack abramoff took on the northern mariana islands as a client and put tim phillips and ralph reed on the case. they got them to lobby their member of congress in favor of forced abortion, forced prostitution sweatshop on the grounds that the chinese laborers were being introduced to jesus while they were there. presumably, that was between the forced abortions and forced prostitution. i asked him about it when we had him on the show in 2009. his answer was essentially, you know, that was a really long time ago. may have been a long time ago. dude still has the same bas

. >>> there are some concerns that radiation could reach the west coast of the u.s. monitoring station sits on top of the bay area air quality management building in san francisco. the device collects air samples and can detect changes in radiation levels across the country. >> it's capable of reading radiation levels on a realtime basis and then there are filter media inside the instrument that we send to the laboratory twice a week. >> now northern california has two other radiation detection instruments. one in san jose and one in sacramento. air quality officials do say they believe any radioactive material from japan will dissipate before it reaches us. >>> time now 6:08. well, today is the deadline for pg&e to prove that its gas pipeline pressure levels are safe. the deadline is a result of that deadly explosion in san bruno last september where eight people were killed. the california public utilities commission says if pg&e can't prove that its gas pipelines are operating safely, there could be severe penalties imposed on pg&e. the puc could even order the company to replace some of those

investors in the u.s. as we just discussed, oil prices keep on spiking up another 2.7% yesterday. this is the increase in oil closing at just under $100 a barrel here in the united states. it was higher than that last week, but it has been in that area for a while. as a result of that, take a look at what happened in stock markets. the dow took a big hit, down 168 points. we also heard from federal reserve chairman ben bernanke who expressed concern about the economic recovery if the price of oil keeps climbing. >>> also, democrats south of the border in wisconsin still staying away in illinois. and the governor of wisconsin unveiling his new state budget, which includes cuts to schools and local municipalities. and the protests will continue at the capitol. the governor planned to cut compensation and collective bargaining rights for union work sti ers. cnn's david mattingly is live in madison, wisconsin. any movement on either side? is there any hope of resolving this? or are we seeing more of the same today, david? >> well, kiran, we're approaching the two-week mark of that da

in japan's nuclear crisis right now. there are new reports that u.s. forces helping in relief efforts are being ordered to stay at least 50 miles away from the crippled fukushima plant. you are looking at up-close video of the reactors, where conditions took a turn for the worse. a big jump in radiation levels forced the teams to leave the plant and abandon efforts to cool down the reactors. experts say that radiation has traveled far beyond the 20-mile radius. the pentagon assuring that u.s. forces will have to stay away unless they have special authorization. we're getting reports that evacuation shelters are running out of food and basic necessities. many victims reportedly furious over the government's response. trace gallagher picks up the story from there. trace? >> reporter: the news coming out of japan is very, very troubling. conflicting messages are coming from the japanese government and our energy secretary says that it appears to be getting worse. they're concerned about reactors three and four. the spent fuel rods at the reactors. remember, they're used-up fuel, but high

by the situation in libya. susan rice, the u.s. ambassador to the u.n., took part in those discussions and later reiterated the president's call for gadhafi to resign. >> now is the time for colonel gadhafi to step aside, to prevent further bloodshed. and to allow the libyan people to have a government that is responsive to their aspirations. when he can laugh in talking to american -- and international journalists, while he is slaughtering his own people, it only underscores how unfit he is to lead. and how disconnected he is from realty. >> and speaking in geneva, secretary of state hillary clinton said all options are still being considered. >> well, as we've said, a no-fly zones is -- a no-fly zone is an option we are actively considering. i discussed it today with allies and partners. and we will proceed with this act of consideration. when i said in my remarks that all options are on the table or another way of saying it, no option is off the table, that of course includes a no-fly zones. >> clinton -- a no-fly zone. >> clinton offered to extend the humanitarian cries -- suspend the humani

. the last time we dipped into the reserves was in 2008. my big question today, should the president open u.s. oil reserves to keep gas price s in check? like to hear your thoughts. e-mail me as well. >>> president obama's increasing humanitarian aid to libya and says the u.s. and nato allies are considering options to stop the violence in libya. warplanes launched multiple air strikes for the second straight day. jim maceda is live now in tripoli. bring me up to date. >> reporter: hi there, contessa. well, today, we're seeing another phase really of this civil war and i have no qualms about calling it a civil war. it is two heavily armed opposing forces fighting for the same objective. what, first of all in the western part of the country, those two key towns of zawiya and misrata is still in rebel hands. the country had, tripoli had won the war, that's not the case for from it. despite the government reports, the rebel hold that martyr square. it's so much under rebel control they're trying to figure out how to govern themselves. in the east however, we have seen as you alluded to in your l

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fraud. twice she ran for u.s. senate but failed. then in 1998, she was diagnosed with an incurable form of bone marrow cancer. >> i don't want to have a big c on my face. because that's not me. i'm still going to go on and do the things i do. >> and she did. a writer and political commentator, a grandmother who said she looked back with no regrets. >> my marriage has been spectacular, my kids are wonderful. and i look at what comes next. and for me i believe strongly in an after-life. so i am literally perfectly content. >> she gave wame big victory just being in the race. >> she became friends with maryland senator barbara mccullski when they were in congress together. at that time there were only 17 women in congress. >> we thought only in america could she get a shot at vice president and i could be the longest serving woman in the united states senate. i knew that by gerald dean nominated by vice president i thought if you can make it to the white house, women all over america would know you could make it anywhere if you were smart, hard working and just went for it. >> she is survi

ships the pentagon has ordered to the region. >>> most areas along the u.s. west coast escaped damage from the tsunami. parts of the oregon coast did indeed feel the effects. that includes the coastal town of seaside where residents are back home this morning. many forced to evacuate yesterday. in the town of brookings, docks and several boats were damaged. then heading to california, on the map there, crescent city, fierce waves crashed into that city. that's where one man was swept out to sea and the coast guard says it is likely he will not be found alive. water rush flood the harbor there, destroying 35 boats and ripping off chunks from the wooden docks. marina workers scrambled to secure property in between the surges as best they could. heading south from crescent city the effects were felt along the orange county line. vi >> reporter: officially they called it a tsunami advisory. boats quickly the took to the water checking on the vessels. the coast guard was stand big just in case. >> we have gotten -- few inches, maybe a half a foot reported here in newport harbor. there has

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